Draft-rigging for cars.



No. 824,698. v PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

' J. MOE. AMES.

DRAFT RIGGIN'G FOR CARS.

APPLIGATION PIL'ED APR.12,1905.

- UM wooeo citizen of the UNITED STATES PATENT ()FF I OE.

PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

DRAFT-FHGGING FOR CARS.

To all who/rt it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JonN MOE. AMEs, a United States, and a resident of New Brighton, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draftliiggings for Cars, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in draft-riggings for cars; and it consists in the novel features and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object'of the invention is to improve draft-riggings employing followers by providing longitudinal bars secured to the sills or timbers and slottin the followers to receive and guide on said bars, said bars in their cooperative action with the followers serving to keep the s'lls or timbers from spreading under shock. I

The invention will be fully understood I from the detailed description hereinafter prehad to the accomsented, reference bein panying drawin s, in w Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through a portion of a car equipped with a draft-rigging embodying m invention the section being on the dotted fine 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top view, partlyin section, of same; and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of same on the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 10 10 designate usual, draft sills or timbers or longitudinal arts connected therewith and betweenwhic the draft-rigging is supported, and 11 an end sill.

The draw-head 12 has its forward or outer end portion supported as usual and at its inner end is secured by bolts or rivets 14 to the facing ends of the bent bar-yoke 15, as usual, which yoke incloses at their upper and lower sides the followers 16 17, between which are confined suitable draft-springs 18. The yoke 15 at its bend passes across the face of the inner follower 17, as shown.

Upon the facing sides of the sills 10 are bolted the cast plates or frames 19, which correspond with each other, and each of which comprises a base-flange 20, engaging the face of. the sill, lateral outwardly-extend: ing flan es 2 1, which enga e upper and lower inner e ges of the siIL an E lateral inwardlyextending stops or lugs 22. The bolts which Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 12, 1905. Serial No. 265,097.

'l-atented. July 3, 1906.

are denote by the numeral 23.

The followers 16 17 normally respectively engage the stops 22, as shown in Fig. 2, and followers are at their side portions sai formed with slots 24 in line with corresponding'jslots 25, provided in said stops 22.

' pen the inner end bolts .23 are secured the nner ends of the longitudinal parallel bars 26, which extend forwardly through the slots 24 25 in said stops 22 and'followers 1.6 17 and serve as guides for said followers and alsoas means for preventing the sills from spreading undershock. The slotted followers 16 17, slotted stops 22, and bars 26 constitute the novel features of the present in vention, and they are of special importance in that in their cooperative action they keep the sills from said bars serve to guide the followers during their customary movements.

I do not confine myinvention to any special form of the bars 26, nor in every instance ing said bars, nor to any special form of the slotted followers 16 17 or stops 2. In every instance, however, the means suppo'rtin'gthe bars 26 will be connected with the facing sides of the draft-sills and the slotted followers will connect as Well as be capable of slidpresented serves to revent the said sills from spreading, which t ey would be otherwise liable to do under shock. v

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y 1. A draft-rigging-for cars comprising opposing followers having slots in their op I 0- site' side tween saici followers, and longitudinal guidebars secured at their ends to the facing sides of the draft-sills of the car and extending through said slots of said followers, whereby said followers and bars are enabled to revent the s reading of said sills; substantially as set forth.

2. A draft-rigging for cars comprising a draw-head, a the upper and lower sides of said draw-head, opposing followers havi g slots in their opposite 'side ortions, a spring interposed betwee'n'said ollowe'rs, an longitudinal guideb rs secured at their endsto the facing sides NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO BENJA- I secure the-(plates or frames 19 to the sills spreading under shock, andto the means shown for securing and supportmg on said bars, and hence the construction ortions, a spring interposed e- I00 I yolge secured at itsfree ends to while the outer'follower is against the inner lu s extending inwardly therefrom, opposing followers having slots in their side portions end of said draw-head; substantially as set forth. v

3. A draft rigging for cars comprising lates firmly secured to the facing sides of the rafteills of the car and having slotted stopin linewith the slots in said lugs, a spring intudinal guide-bars rigidly fastened at one i end and thence extending through said slots in said lugs and said followers, whereby said followers and bars are enabled to prevent the spreading of said sills said stop-lugs serving as stops for said followers; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 10th day of April, A. I). 1905.

@Vitnesses:

B. A. HEGEMAN, Jr.. OHAs. C. GILL. 

